There are ways to bring back the data, even after a format. One utility 
for linux is http://www.r-tt.com/RLinux.shtml

DOS unformat will work as long as you didnt unconditional format /u
on a FAT16

There is this utility for undeleting 
https://secure.datarecoveryzone.com/products_ff_undelete.asp
for $29 may not be bad



Brian D. Klar - CVE
OTS
WPAFB

-----Original Message-----
From: J. Craig Woods [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 9:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] recovering files after formatting


Hoyt wrote:
> On Monday 08 April 2002 12:18 am, you wrote:
> 
>>Hi
>>I have mistakenly formatted a partition with some important data
>>in it while installing Mandrake 8.2.
>>The partition is still there with same size, untouched,  etc.
>>Any chance I can recover the data?
>>
> 
> You need to tell us what filesystem you are using.
> 

How will knowing the filesystem help? You say the partition is still 
there, and "untouched". Well, my friend, if you have re-formatted the 
drive, it is not *untouched*. As a matter of fact, it is touched in a 
big way. Your data is gone, gone, gone. Now if you only deleted the 
partition by removing boundaries, there is help. It is complicated but 
you can recover data.

J. Craig Woods
UNIX SA








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